Connecting school and the multilingual home : theory and practice for rural educators
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Connecting school and the multilingual home : theory and practice for rural educators
(New perspectives on language and education, 69 . Ideas and reflections in practice)
Multilingual Matters, c2019
- : hbk
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book examines the educational gaps that multilingual students in rural communities experience. It argues that responsive, successful relationships between schools and multilingual families are a crucial aspect of all educators' work and that no single strategy will work for all families. Rural multilingual family engagement involves building meaningful partnerships and relational trust, based on significant knowledge of families' cultures and language repertoires. Educators can reframe their work by learning from families and building on the strengths of multilingual families, which are too-often overlooked in school policies and educator practices. This is the first book to focus specifically on rural school settings. However, the conceptual framework of equity and linguistically responsive pedagogy are applicable across settings for educators who wish to support their multilingual students and families.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1. Multilingual Family Engagement in Rural Settings: Context of the 21st Century
Chapter 2. Framing the Issues: A 'Strengths-Based Approach' to Family Engagement
Chapter 3. Family-Centered Differentiated Engagement
Chapter 4. Praxis and Practice: Becoming Aware of Multilingual Families in Rural Settings
Chapter 5. Praxis and Practice: Acting to Engage Multilingual Families in Rural Schools
Chapter 6. The Intersectionality of Rurality and Immigration for Latino Families in The United States
Chapter 7. The Community Partner (With Robin Lewy and Fran Ricardo, The Rural Women's Health Project)
Chapter 8. Conclusions for 21st Century Multilingual Family Engagement
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